Pirates Host Butler On Wednesday Night

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Heading into the stretch run of BIG EAST play, the Seton Hall men's soccer team (5-8-1, 2-4-0 BIG EAST) plays host to Butler (9-4-1, 5-1-0 BIG EAST) on Wednesday night at Owen T. Carroll Field. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m. on the BIG EAST Digital Network and FOX Sports GO app.

With three matches left in the regular season, The Hall currently sits in a tie for seventh in the league table with six points. The Pirates are one point behind sixth-place Marquette and two points behind fifth-place Creighton, with the top six in the league advancing to the BIG EAST Championship. Butler is currently tied atop the league with Georgetown.

ABOUT THE MATCH-UP

The Pirates are 0-3-1 in four all-time matches with Butler, each coming since BU joined the conference for the 2013 season
The Hall's lone result in the series came in 2014, a scoreless draw in Indianapolis
Last season, the Pirates dropped a tightly contested 1-0 decision on the road
The Hall has been held scoreless in each meeting with the Bulldogs

QUICK KICKS

Andres Arcila (Cartagena, Colombia) continues to pace The Hall offensively with seven goals and 17 points on the year
Marco Neves (Tracy, Calif.) is second on the squad with a 3g-2a-8p scoring line, while Jonathan Jimenez (Cape Coral, Fla.) leads the team with four assists
Two-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week Lukas Pangonis (Kaunas, Lithuania) has logged a team-high 1,239 minutes in central defense and has started all 14 contests
The Hall is looking to improve on a 4-2-1 mark in home BIG EAST matches over the last two seasons

BUTLER BULLETS

The Bulldogs enter Wednesday's match on a three-match unbeaten streak, including wins over DePaul and Villanova as well as a draw with No. 1 Indiana
Brandon Guhl is tied for the BIG EAST lead with nine goals and tops BU with 20 points
Behind Guhl, Lewis Suddick has recorded a 4g-5a-13p scoring line and Isaac Galliford has notched four assists
Eric Dick has started all but one match in goal and holds a 0.89 GAA with an .810 save percentage and seven shutouts on the year

WHAT'S AHEAD
The Hall hits the road for the final time in the regular season on Saturday, heading to Xavier on Oct. 28.